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A Golden Torch: Mullein’s Healing Light by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Common Names: Mullein, Punchón, Gordolobo, Wild Ice Leaf, Our Lady’s Flannel, Hag’s (or Hedge) Taper, Torches, Candelaria, Quaker’s Rouge,Botanical Na ... Read on »

Rich, Sweet & Wild: Acorn and Pine Nut Infused Butter by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Most of my readers well know my fondness for the sweet, rich taste of New Mexico’s wild acorn. This smooth dark nut from the evergreen woodlands of the Southwest’s ... Read on »

New Animá Supporterships by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine The following is the some of the new text for the Supporter page of the Animá website, describing the new forms for contributing financially to this place, practice and ... Read on »

November Blogparty: Wild Woodlands Morning Brew by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine This is for the November Blogparty on Morning Ritual Beverages hosted by Kristine of Dancing in a Field of Tansy. There’s nothing like breathing in the richness of the f ... Read on »

Elder Mother Immune Elixir by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine I don’t find the idea of magic bullets to be very effective in healing, and find that the most successful therapy always originates in tailoring the treatment to the ind ... Read on »

Blue Mountain Tea: A Sunny Medicine for Cloudy Days by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Common Names: Goldenrod, Blue Mountain TeaBotanical Name: Solidago spp.Taste & Impression: Bitter, Aromatic, Astringent, sl. diffusiveEnergetics: Warm, DryParts Used: ... Read on »

A Great New Resource for Working With Kids & Herbs by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine I’m guessing that a fair number of my readers are parents, grandparents or caregivers for children, and that almost all of you are interested in herbs. If those two inte ... Read on »

Introducing Arborea and RISE – Soundtrack to the 2010 Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Introducing the Music ofArborea & R.I.S.E. Amazing Roots Music Bands Performing at the Sept, 2010 Traditions in Western Herbalism ConferenceWe are ever-so-excited ... Read on »

New Animá Correspondence Courses & Mentorships! by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Intro: Recent changes at the Animá School have resulted in a continuing number of queries about both the 8 week Courses and what are now the year or longer Mentorships. ... Read on »

The Elder Mother’s Pantry: A Bioregional Herbal Materia Medica for Influenza and Other... by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine This is for the October blogparty on Bioregional Cold/Flu Herbs, hosted by Rosalee of Methow Valley Herbs.As the colder weather begins to move into the northerly reaches and h ... Read on »

First Frost and Status Update by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine This is just a short post to let all my blog readers, clients, students and other people awaiting emails, know that I am working madly away at the websites and Conference plan ... Read on »

Film Revew – Numen: The Nature of Plants by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Numen: The Nature of PlantsA review by Kiva RoseAnyone who has ever experienced the bliss and connection of gathering Mullein flowers on a warm summer day or the satisfaction ... Read on »

Silktassel: Shining From the Shadows by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Common Names: Silktassel, Bear Brush, Quinine Bush, Fever BushBotanical Name: Garrya spp.Energetics: Cold, dryTaste: Bitter, bitter, bitterActions: Very Strong Relaxant (anti- ... Read on »

Health Insurance: Disempowering for Patients, Harmful for Herbalists & Healers by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Health Insurance: Disempowering for Patients, Harmful for Herbalists & HealersBy Jess HardinYes, I am among the millions of unassured Americans. Unassured by indust ... Read on »

Herbs Don’t Read Books: Cherry Leaf Tea by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine This is for the September blogparty, hosted by Henriette, with the theme of Herbs Don’t Read Books!Open the herbal book nearest to you, pretty much ANY herb book. Find t ... Read on »

Entering the Harvest: Early Autumn Notes from the Canyon by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine ~Snakeweed In Bloom~The mountains are turning gold with Escoba de la Vibora (Gutierrezia spp), Limoncillo (Pectis angustafolia), Anil de muerto (Verbesina spp), Wild Sunflower ... Read on »

The Onagraceae Family: Faery Flowers of the Riparian Forest by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Through the dry heat of this long Summer with very little rain, I have been drawn time and time again to the sweet cooling presence of the Onagraceae tribe. From the golden gl ... Read on »

The Matter of Prosperity by Jesse Wolf Hardin by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine The Matter of Prosperityby Jesse Wolf Hardin www.animacenter.org www.animacenter.org/blog Yes, the material matters… but we are so much more prosperous than we thin ... Read on »

The Sweet Medicine Blogparty by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine This month’s blogparty is, by far, our biggest yet! An impressive range of subjects and authors have gifted us with their wisdom, recipes, experience and wonderings.So ... Read on »

Sweet Medicine: An Overview of Honeyed Healing and Sensory Delight by Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine The taste of a drop of rich wildflower honey, a lick of peach elixir or a sip of spice infused cordial is sensual, comforting and ecstatic all at once. Humans crave and love ... Read on »

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